THE LAS VEGAS PICKLEBALL OPEN — FIVE YEARS OF PICKLEBALL ABOVE DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS!** 🔥 Go back through the history of the **Las Vegas Pickleball Open at the Plaza Hotel & Casino**, one of the most visually unique stops from pickleball’s early professional growth years. From **2018 through 2022**, the Las Vegas Pickleball Open returned annually to the Plaza’s rooftop/pool-deck pickleball courts in Downtown Las Vegas. The inaugural 2018 tournament was held September 25–29 with a **$25,000 professional purse**, hundreds of competitors and play on the Plaza’s rooftop courts. 🎰 **2018 — THE BEGINNING** The inaugural Las Vegas Pickleball Open introduced professional and amateur tournament pickleball to the rooftop of the Plaza Hotel & Casino. The Plaza had invested in permanent courts and a championship court, creating one of the most unusual pickleball venues in the country — high above Downtown Las Vegas. 🔥 **2019 — YEAR TWO** The second annual event returned September 24–28, with participation expected to approach **650 players** from the United States and countries including Canada, Mexico and Japan. 🔥 **2020 — YEAR THREE** Even during the pandemic, the third annual Las Vegas Pickleball Open went forward September 22–27. More than **345 amateur and professional players** had registered, and medal matches were streamed when spectators could not attend. 🔥 **2021 — YEAR FOUR** The Las Vegas Pickleball Open returned again in 2021, producing major professional matchups. Recorded results include **Riley Newman & AJ Koller taking Men’s Doubles gold, Ben Johns & Collin Johns silver, and Dekel Bar & Rob Nunnery bronze**, while AJ Koller & Jessie Irvine won Mixed Doubles. 🔥 **2022 — FIVE YEARS ON THE ROOF** The fifth annual event returned September 21–25 with a **$60,000 professional prize package** and more than 400 players expected. Plaza CEO Jonathan Jossel specifically celebrated the tournament’s **fifth anniversary on the hotel’s rooftop courts**. The setting was part of what made the tournament special: pickleball courts on the **5th-floor rooftop pool deck**, surrounded by the lights and energy of Downtown Las Vegas. The Plaza continues to maintain permanent and tournament-level pickleball courts there. 📺 **PICKLETV 24/7** brings these classic matches back to life — full matches, historic tournaments, legendary players and the moments that helped build professional pickleball. 🥷 **NINJA PICKLEBALL CLUB** ninjapickleballclub.com 🎥 **DIGITAL WAVE PRODUCTIONS** www.digitalwaveproductions.tv 📺 **PICKLETV 24/7** YouTube: youtube.com/@pickletv247 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@pickletv247 Instagram: www.instagram.com/pickletv247 Facebook: www.facebook.com/PickleTv247 X: twitter.com/PickleTV247 Links: tr.ee/qx8a6p9kgF #LasVegasPickleballOpen #LasVegasOpen #LasVegasPickleball #VegasPickleball #PickleballLasVegas #PlazaHotel #PlazaHotelCasino #PlazaLasVegas #PlazaPickleball #RooftopPickleball #DowntownLasVegas #DTLV #LasVegas #Vegas #PickleballHistory #ProfessionalPickleball #ProPickleball #ClassicPickleball #HistoricPickleball #OldSchoolPickleball #PickleballLegends #PickleballPlayers #PickleballPros #MensProDoubles #WomensProDoubles #MixedProDoubles #MensDoublesPickleball #MixedDoublesPickleball #PickleballTournament #PickleballChampionship #PickleballMatch #PickleballMatches #FullPickleballMatch #PickleballHighlights #PickleballVideo #PickleballYouTube #PickleballTV #PickleballOnTV #PickleballBroadcast #PickleballCoverage #PickleballCommunity #PickleballLife #PickleballNation #PickleballUSA #PickleballFans #PickleTV #PickleTV247 #PickleTV24_7 #DigitalWaveProductions #DigitalWaveProductionsTV #RayTVGuy #NinjaPickleballClub #NinjaPickleballClubCom #NinjaPickleball #NinjaPaddles #BenJohns #CollinJohns #RileyNewman #AJKoller #DekelBar #RobNunnery #SimoneJardim #CatherineParenteau #JessieIrvine #TylerLoong #SpencerSmith